DIACK, James ¹

  General Notes:

Baby Andrew Diack's birth certificate recorded that he was illegitimate. The informants of his birth were his mother, Helen Shand, a domestic servant, and his father James Diack, a farm servant, of Meikle Endowie in the parish of Alford, Aberdeenshire. The birth was notified before John Smith, registrar, at Alford on 20 June 1876. ¹

James had a relationship with Helen SHAND, daughter of William SHAND and Christian ROBSON. (Helen SHAND was born on 9 June 1848 in Keig parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{2 3 4}, baptised on 12 August 1848 in Keig parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⁴ and died 9 February 1921 at 5.00 am in 25 Dee Village Road, Aberdeen, Scotland ^{2 5}.). The cause of her death was chronic rheumatism and debility.